Two people have been killed and several hundred homes and structures have burnt after a fire broke out at the Kutupalong Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar's Ukhiya, reports bdnews24.com.Two bodies were recovered from the scene, says Mohammad Tanharul, deputy...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
The foreign ministry will continue to send reminders to Indian government for extradition of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, a spokesperson of the foreign ministry said on Tuesday.Responding to a question during a press briefing, Mohammad Rafiqul Alam, a spokesperson...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Tuesday decided to reinvestigate the Padma Bridge and Bangabandhu Novo Theater corruption cases against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, report agencies. The ACC also sought documents related to eight mega projects as part of an...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
The government is planning to lower the age limit for investing in Poribar Sanchayapatra (Family Saving Certificate) to facilitate purchasing such tools by the pensioners.In this regard, the Internal Resources Division (IRD) has recently sought opinion from the Finance Division...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
The country uses maximum 3.84 billion of single-use plastic bottles annually -- of which only 21.4 per cent could be recycled.The remaining 78.6 per cent end up in rivers, sea and dumping stations, increasing health and environmental risks alarmingly, a...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
Domestic technology companies are seeking opportunities to be involved in the collection of tolls from roads and bridges built with public funds.The Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) recently sent a letter to the Bangladesh Public Procurement Authority...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus exchanged greetings with representatives of the Christian community on the occasion of Happy Christmas Day at the State Guest House Jamuna here Tuesday, reports BSS.Christian leaders expressed hope that generosity and communal harmony would develop...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Tuesday extended the deadline for submitting income tax returns by one month till January 31, reports UNB.The last date of submitting income tax returns of all categories of taxpayers except companies for the...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has instructed other banks to purchase remittance dollars at a maximum rate of Tk 123 per dollar. The instruction came at a meeting with 13 commercial banks held at the BB headquarters in Dhaka on Tuesday....
FE REPORT | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
Fresh tension roils Islami Bank Bangladesh as its managing director Muhammed Monirul Moula skips office attendance following agitation by officials of the bank demanding his resignation.Sources at the IBB, country's largest unconventional bank, said Tuesday a group of officers have...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
The government has sought nearly US$250 million in assistance from the World Bank (WB) to rehabilitate the flood-affected regions in the north- and south-east of the country, officials said on Tuesday.Following a request from the Local Government & Rural Development...
FE REPORT | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
National Security Adviser of the United States Jake Sullivan had phone talk with Bangladesh Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus when the country's economic progress, reform and election processes came up for discussion. During the telephonic conversation on Monday evening, they...
YASIR WARDAD | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
Pharmaceutical companies have raised prices of medicines substantially in latest spikes at their free will, aggravating sufferings of ailing people.Prices of many lifesaving drugs have been increased further by 12 per cent to as high as 66 per cent in-between...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Dec 24: Gates of six factories here of the embroiled S Alam Group, including power plant and sugar refinery, were shut on the staffs indefinitely without citing grounds.Witnesses said the suddenly laid-off staffers kept staging factory-gate demonstrations, in one...
Today is Christmas Day, the birthday of Jesus Christ, Jewish preacher and religious leader of the first-century, reports BSS.The Christians of different groups in Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world will celebrate the day amid festivity and religious fervour.They will...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), according to the Met Office.Light to moderate fog may occur at places over the country during midnight till morning.Night temperature may rise slightly...
One more person died of dengue in the 24 hours until Tuesday morning, raising the number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 565 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 125 more patients were hospitalised with viral fever,...
A Dhaka court has placed two staffers of the Public Service Commission (PSC) on a five-day remand each in a case lodged with the capital's Paltan Model Police Station over alleged leaking of BCS question papers, reports BSS.They are office...
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has expressed optimism about the strength of Bangladesh-India relations, emphasising that the two neighbors offer unique opportunities to each other that are hard to find elsewhere, reports BSS."We need to look at our...
Today (December 25) marks the Third death anniversary of eminent journalist and Editor Reaz Uddin Ahmed. Late Reaz Uddin Ahmed was the founding Chief Editor and Managing Director of Financial Express, and was the founder editor and publisher of News...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-12-25 00:00:00
The decline in the no-frill account (NFA) deposits during the July-September 2024 quarter could potentially limit access to credit for low-income individuals and small businesses.A latest Bangladesh Bank report revealed total deposits in the Tk 10/50/100 accounts stood at Tk...
A Dhaka court has shown Ismail Hossain, former secretary of the food ministry, arrested in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), report agencies.The case was mainly filed against former food minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder.Vacation Judge of Dhaka Metropolitan...
BNP leader Pintu released from jail after 17 years Abdus Salam Pintu, BNP vice-chairman and former deputy minister, has been released from Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur after nearly 17 years in prison, report agencies.Pintu, who was arrested in connection...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 24(BSS): Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has said Bangladesh will be a discrimination free country in future and there will be no differences between the majority and minorityon the basis of religion."Bribery and corruption should be eradicated...
Burning six bodies in Ashulia ICT issues arrest warrants against ex-MP, four cops.The International Crimes Tribunal(ICT) has issued warrants for the arrest of former Dhaka-19 MP Saiful Islam and four police officers in a case over burning the bodies of...
THAKURGAON, Dec 24 (UNB): BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said those responsible for mass killings during the Awami League's rule as well as the party's terrorists will never be accepted by the BNP."Our leaders and activists were...
The 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Runner Automobiles PLC, a listed engineering company, was held at Kurmitola Golf Club in Dhaka on Monday. At the meeting, shareholders approved 11% cash dividend for general shareholders and 1% for sponsor-directors for...
The 440th meeting of the Board of Directors of People's Insurance Company Limited was held at PHP Family's Farm House at Bhatiari in Chattogram on Saturday. The meeting was chaired by company Chairman Zafar Ahmed Patwari. Chairman of PHP Family...
Bangladesh has launched a negotiation formally with South Korea on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in an effort to open a broader window for economic cooperation between the two countries."The Council of Advisers has been informed about the launching of...
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